Trump must have his day in court for his crimes on Jan. 6  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland said all the right things.  His speech marking the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection was a studied call for patience — and a promise of full justice.  He explained how massive …

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says his phone records were subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 committee  — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says his phone records have been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.  — “I wasn't there on January 6th and yes they did subpoena …

I Fear for Our Democracy  —  Mr. Carter was the 39th president of the United States.  —  One year ago, a violent mob, guided by unscrupulous politicians, stormed the Capitol and almost succeeded in preventing the democratic transfer of power.  All four of us former presidents condemned …

Seattle police improperly faked radio chatter about Proud Boys as CHOP formed in 2020, investigation finds  —  At a crucial moment during 2020's racial justice protests, Seattle police exchanged a detailed series of fake radio transmissions about a nonexistent group of menacing right-wing extremists.

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McConnell cracks door to Electoral Count Act reform  —  Mitch McConnell is signaling he's open to reforming the Electoral Count Act, one year after a mass of Republicans objected to certification of President Joe Biden's win ahead of an attempted insurrection.

F.B.I. Arrests Man Accused of Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts  —  Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who worked in publishing, was charged with wire fraud and identity theft for a scheme that prosecutors said affected hundreds of people over five or more years.

For C.D.C.'s Walensky, a Steep Learning Curve on Messaging  —  Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has stumbled in explaining her policy decisions.  —  WASHINGTON — Two days before Christmas, with the Omicron variant driving a near-vertical rise …

Kazakh Protesters Burn Government Offices as Unrest Sweeps Country  —  An uprising sparked by a gas price increase in the resource-rich Central Asian nation has taken on a political dimension despite concessions from the ruling party.  —  MOSCOW — The revolt began on Sunday in western Kazakhstan …

Secret maps, now gone, were used to draw parts of NC election map  —  North Carolina map-makers used “concept maps” unseen by the public to draw parts of the new state House map now under scrutiny in an ongoing gerrymandering lawsuit, according to a key lawmaker's deposition in the case.

Right wing brain worms are a real thing  —  This is a followup to Scott's post about the fresh martyrdom of yet another academic right winger.  —  I've known Larry Alexander for 30 years.  I used to talk to him quite a bit back in the day — we have overlapping interests in regard …

Does Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 documentary hold up under scrutiny?  —  For the last several months, Tucker Carlson has been arguing that the effort to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election victory, which culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection, was “a setup,” a trap set for ordinary patriots by shadowy forces in the government.

LA's First Case Of Flurona Detected At COVID Testing Site Near Getty Center  —  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The first case of flurona - the combination of both influenza and coronavirus - has been detected at the COVID-19 testing center across the street from the Getty Center.

‘Shut the whole system down’: S.F. teachers plan sickout as schools struggle amid omicron surge  —  A group of San Francisco teachers has organized a “sickout” Thursday, saying they will skip school because they feel the district failed to adequately protect them during the pandemic.

J.D. Vance Versus Film Twitter  —  How film critics helped send the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author off the cliff.  —  I'd be remiss if I didn't note, briefly, that the online collective known as Film Twitter—critics, Letterboxd users, and sundry others—managed to completely break Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance's brain.

Eric Swalwell goes maskless in Florida after slamming Republicans  —  Rep Eric Swalwell of California was apparently able to go ahead with his holiday travel plans and ditch his mask on Tuesday when he was spotted hanging out at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel.

Imagine Virginia's icy traffic catastrophe — but with only electric vehicles  —  Sometime after 3 a.m. Tuesday, as an epic 48-mile winter traffic jam on Interstate 95 in Virginia dragged on, a long-haul trucker from Canada heard a knock at the door of his cab.

Stephanie Grisham met with January 6 panel  —  (CNN)Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham met Wednesday on Capitol Hill with the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, according to multiple sources familiar with the meeting.

4th resident of The Villages arrested for allegedly casting multiple ballots  —  Charles Franklin Barnes was not affiliated with a political party when allegedly voted twice  —  THE VILLAGES, Fla. - A fourth resident of The Villages has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud.

Choosing pets over babies is ‘selfish and diminishes us’, says pope  —  Pontiff laments ‘denied parenthood’ and people who ‘substitute cats and dogs for children’  —  In a move likely to raise the hackles of millions of cats, dogs and their human cohabitees, Pope Francis has suggested …

More liberals are turning against school closures — and teachers unions too?  —  Big question mark on the “and teachers unions too” part.  Democrats can't survive without union support.  Whatever rift ends up opening between the party and the degenerates who voted last night to harm kids in Chicago will be papered over in time.

A tech exec sent an antisemitic email about vaccines to lawmakers and business leaders.  He resigned hours later.  —  A Utah tech executive acknowledged his email opining about coronavirus vaccines to state lawmakers and business executives “sounds bonkers.”  But he sent it anyway.

Accused Capitol Rioter Edward Jacob Lang Blasts Trump and Begs For His Help in Jailhouse Call  —  Calling in to a right-wing show, Edward Jacob Lang told Trump that “We are rotting in jail because we stood up for what you told us to stand up for!”  —  On the eve of the first anniversary …

Joe Manchin Is Tired of Your Tiresome Questions  —  But he'll keep talking anyway because he loves the sound of his own voice.  Happy Senate New Year!  —  The US Senate returned to work Tuesday, commencing a bright new year in which all things seemed possible.

Man arrested on charges of attacking vaccination clinic, injuring staffers he called ‘murderers’  —  A Southern California man was arrested after he recently attacked workers at a coronavirus vaccination clinic, allegedly calling them “murderers” and falsely accusing the staffers of causing …

The Law of Unintended Political Consequences Strikes Again  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  The killing of George Floyd and the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests that followed drove an exceptionally large increase …

Postal Service asks for temporary waiver from Biden vaccine requirement  —  In a letter to OSHA, the Postal Service says its ability to deliver the mail would be hurt because employees would either leave over the mandate or be disciplined for disobeying it.  —  The U.S. Postal Service …

Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Refuses to Stay Injunction Against Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors  —  The panel rejects the argument that the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act allows the federal government to require vaccination for nearly one-fifth of the American workforce.

The Price of Dissent  —  A Reuters data scientist questioned the Black Lives Matter narrative—so the company fired him.  —  The Social Order  —  Zac Kriegman had the ideal résumé for the professional-managerial class: a bachelors in economics from Michigan and a J.D …

The Power of Reclaiming My Asian Name … This past spring, at the height of violence against Asians and Asian Americans during the pandemic, my husband and I chose to eat dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant near where we live in South Florida — in a show of solidarity with our community.

The ridiculous hypocrisy of Sean Hannity hiding behind ‘freedom of the press’  —  The Fox News host spent years disavowing and attacking the U.S. media.  Now his lawyer is trying to hide behind the First Amendment.  —  The House Jan. 6 committee asked this week that Fox News host Sean Hannity appear …

GOP officials in Arizona's largest county affirm 2020 election was secure in rebuttal to Trump claims  —  The November 2020 election in Arizona's largest county was administered properly and not marred by fraud, the Republican-led local government concluded in a lengthy report released Wednesday.